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    Anderson Cooper weathers CNN’s Hurricane Milton coverage.

    The “Anderson Cooper 360” anchor was hit in the face by debris during a live hit in Florida.

    “The water is really starting to overflow now,” Cooper said. “If you look at the ground – whoa,” he exclaimed as he was hit in the face by flying debris, before saying: “Okay, that wasn’t good.”

    Continuing his live reporting, he said, “Um, we’re probably going to go in soon, but you can see the amount of water on the ground here. This is water from the Manatee River.”

    Hurricane Milton leaves devastation in its wake, but not ‘worst case scenario’: Live updates

    Later, CNN’s “The Source” host Kaitlan Collins told viewers that she “just wanted to note for anyone watching who is obviously very concerned about all of our correspondents and anchors on the ground that Anderson is OK.”

    Collins continued: “Obviously it’s understandable that it’s difficult to make a connection when you see what’s happening with the wind and the rain and obviously the deteriorating conditions by the minute.”

    Social media users have mixed reactions to Anderson Cooper’s hurricane coverage

    The response to Cooper’s personal Hurricane Milton received mixed reviews from CNN viewers.

    “What is the gain in informing the viewers by putting Anderson Cooper on a pier in the middle of the ocean, at the height of a hurricane in the middle. It’s like a 120 mile per hour wind. Get my dear porcelain glass anchor in it,” one X user wrote.

    Another wrote on and his best colleagues. friend Andy Cohen, of Bravo fame.

    In the comments of CNN’s YouTube video, users continued to voice their concerns as one wrote: “I’m sorry but we don’t need to see it this bad!!!!!!!! You have kids Anderson!!!!”

    Another said: “Why are you there, Anderson??”

    One commenter added, “Everyone is trying to earn an Emmy for best hurricane reporting.”

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says Hurricane Milton ‘wasn’t the worst-case scenario’

    Hurricane Milton roared across the Florida peninsula on Thursday, ripping a path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean as it knocked out power to millions of people, flooded neighborhoods, destroyed homes, and tore off the roof of a major sports venue was torn and a huge crane fell over. to an office building.

    At least two deaths were reported at a nursing home after a suspected tornado in Fort Pierce on the state’s east coast, St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson told local TV stations. More than 3.3 million homes and businesses were dark early Thursday, according to power outage data from USA TODAY.

    “The storm was significant, but fortunately this was not the worst-case scenario,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during a briefing Thursday. “The storm weakened prior to landfall and the storm surge, as initially reported, was not as significant overall as what was observed with Hurricane Helene.”

    Contributors: John Bacon, Trevor Hughes, Thao Nguyen, Christopher Cann

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